Ballena Tales is an essential guide and digital comprehensive free magazine for travelers, residents, and investors covering Costa Ballena in the Canton of Osa in the South Pacific of Costa Rica. It is a fully bilingual, bi-monthly, and full-color digital magazine.
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Comprehensive Magazine #79, South Pacific Costa Rica
Ballena Tales is an essential guide and digital comprehensive magazine for travelers, residents, and investors covering Costa Ballena in the Canton of Osa in the South Pacific region of Costa Rica. It is a fully bilingual, bi-monthly, and full-color digital magazine.
The magazine introduces the reader to the life of the local community, with interviews of pioneers, writers, and artists, as well as extensive information on restaurants, hotels, experiences, natural attractions, and wildlife of the South Pacific of Costa Rica.
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What to Look for when Selecting a Surf Instructor:
Most instructors in this part of Costa Rica are experienced surfers and know the area well, but that doesn’t mean they can teach you to surf. The main requirement they should have is a certification by the ISA (International Surfing Association) – Surf Instructor 1.
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Hacienda Barú: A Short Fat Tree with Big Roots
“This tree is famous,” declared the University of Costa Rica professor. “There’s not another like it in the entire country”. The tree he was referring to is a chilamate (Ficus tonduzii). Its photo has appeared […]
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Environment: Shark Secrets
The Isla del Caño Biological Reserve is one of the most biodiverse environments in the South Pacific of Costa Rica. it offers refuge to sharks and rays such as the white tip shark (Triaenodon obesus), […]
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Art and Culture: La casa del Artista
For me, art is the way to get to know oneself, by self observation to access a higher level of consciousness where being no longer occurs, nor is it carried from here to there by […]
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